The Jacob Zuma Foundation has accused the Constitutional Court of using bullying tactics in the way it deals with cases.
The Constitutional Court will on Friday morning hand down judgment in the application to have its earlier decision to sentence former President Jacob Zuma to 15-months in jail for contempt of court rescinded.
Correctional Services says former president Jacob Zuma will remain in hospital. Zuma who was serving a 15 month jail sentence for contempt of court after ignoring a Constitutional Court order to appear before the State Capture Commission was granted medical parole on Sunday because of ill-health.
DA Leader John Steenhuisen says they will call the National Commissioner of Correctional Service Arthur Fraser to answer on his department’s decision to release former President Jacob Zuma on medical parole.
The virtual court proceedings at the Pietermaritzburg High Court. The Court is expected to hear Zuma’s application for the postponement of the corruption case.
The Correctional Services Department says former President Jacob Zuma has been admitted to an offsite hospital for medical observation.
Correctional Services has confirmed that it is considering an application by jailed former President Jacob Zuma to attend the funeral of his late brother, Michael.
Former president Jacob Zuma has asked for his fraud and corruption trial related to the 1999 arms procurement deal, scheduled to take place in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg on Monday to be postponed for a week.
The Constitutional Court is hearing a bid by former president Jacob Zuma to have his 15-month prison sentence reviewed.
The Pietermaritzburg High Court delivers judgment on whether it has jurisdiction to hear the former President’s challenge whether he should be jailed.
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